“The playwright Tony Kushner has been named the recipient of a $100,000 award honoring artists and others for ‘socially responsible work’ and challenges to authority.”
Tag: 11.28.11
When Hedy Met George (The Composer And The Starlet Who Changed Telecommunications)
During World War II, the twenty-something Hollywood beauty Hedy Lamarr, full of ideas for new inventions, and the mechanically-minded “misfit musician” George Antheil hit on an idea that now – decades later – “GPS, Wi-Fi, cell phones, and Bluetooth.”
Arts Council England Rules That Funded Organizations Must Pay Interns
“Arts Council England and Creative and Cultural Skills have published guidelines for arts organisations wanting to take on interns, including that they pay them at least national minimum wage.”
In Praise Of Professional Book Critics
“People who earn a salary reading and critiquing books have one of the sweetest jobs on earth, except that it’s harder than it looks.”
Filmmaker/Provocateur Ken Russell, 84
“[He] was so often called rude names – the wild man of British cinema, the apostle of excess, the oldest angry young man in the business – that he gave up denying it all quite early in his career. Indeed, he often seemed to court the very publicity that emphasised only the crudest assessment of his work.”
Tokyo Symphony Still Devastated Following March Earthquake
“The magnitude-nine quake caused tens of millions of dollars in damage to the orchestra’s state-of-the-art venue, leading to cancelled performances and forcing the TSO to practise at makeshift venues. But the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra is vowing to rise again.”
No, There Will Be No David Bowie Musical (Yet), Says Bowie
“But ground control to Major Tom – your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong: in a brief statement Mr. Bowie’s representatives said that he had not consented to this project. ‘Neither the David Bowie Organization, nor its co-publishers EMI Music and Chrysalis, has issued a license for a Bowie musical at the O2, as has been reported in the U.K.”
Mezzo Set To Become New Head Of Finnish National Opera
“Mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi, 46, is likely to become the new Artistic Director of the Finnish National Opera.” Her three-year term would begin in August 2013, following the tenure of former prodigy conductor Mikko Franck, now 32.
Pre-Mickey Mouse Disney Cartoon Discovered In England
“A lost Walt Disney cartoon that pre-dated Mickey Mouse has been discovered in a British film archive and will be offered for auction in Los Angeles on December 14. ‘Hungry Hobos’ was one of 26 episodes featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character created by Disney and cartoonist Ub Iwerks in 1927 for Universal Studios.”
How One Ballerina Came Back From Career-Ending Injury
Simone Orlando of Ballet BC finished her final run as a dancer – portraying Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire – only by working through severe pain and injury that eventually led to a complete hip replacement. Then she turned to Canada’s Dancer Transition Resource Centre.